Button



oct. 17, 1939. R. v. VELEZ 2,116,649

BUTTON Filed Feb.- 27, 19:59

INYVENTOR ATTO RN EYS Patented Oct. 17, 1939 A UNITED STATES FATENT GFFIC 2 Claims.

This invention relatesto buttons and has for an object to provide a button which may be applied to the garment without sewing and which may be buttoned and unbuttoned easily when de- 5 sired.

, A further object is to provide a button of this type which cannot be brushed off or lost, which will be formed of a few strong simple and durable parts, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not easily get out of ordern With the above and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a button constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the button with the hook drawn outwardly to be applied to a garment.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the button with the hook applied to the garment, the latter being shown in cross section,

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the button with the hook in the position shown in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the button with the hook in the position shown in Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view of the button with portions broken away to show the hook at its outer limit of movement as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 7 is an enlarged cross sectional View taken on the line 'I-l of Figure 4.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, the button is shown to comprise a top disc I0, bottom disc I I, and an intermediate disc I2, the edge portions I3 of the top disc being crimped over the bottom disc to hold the parts assembled, as best shown in Figure 7. Referring now to Figure 6 it will be seen that the intermediate disc I2 is provided with a slot I4 which extends along the center line of the disc to nearly the ends of the disc and is closed at both ends as shown at I5. This will be hereafter termed a long longitudinal slot.

The intermediate disc I2 is also provided with a slot I6 which extends at a right angle to the slot I4 and communicates with the slot I4 at the center thereof.

A slide I1 is mounted in the long slot I5, the slide being of thel same width as the width of the slot to slidably fit nicely therein and having arcuate ends I8 which engage the correspondingly shaped ends I5 of the slot when the slide is slid' 5 lengthwise of the slot from end to end thereof. The slide is provided with a hook I9 which depends from the slide and may be exposed beyond the edges of the discs as best shown in Figures 2 and 4 when the slide is at one limit of movement l0 in the slot I4 and may be withdrawn to a position underneath the discs when the slide is slid to its opposite limit of movement, as shown in Figures 3 and 5.

A substantially rectangular latch 20 is slidably 15 mounted in the short slot IS and is of the same width as the slot to nicely fit within the slot. The latch is provided with a depending lug 2| which forms a single grip through the medium of which the latch may be slid outwardly to be 20 withdrawn from the long slot I4 or may be slid inwardly to pass across the slot in which latter position, as best shown in Figure 5, it latches the slide l'I in position to hold the hook I9 withdrawn to a position underneath the discs.

In operation, assuming the parts are positioned as shown in Figures 2, 4, 6 and '7, with the hook I9 exposed beyond the discs, the garment 9 may be engaged with the hook, as best shown in Figure 3 at the location where a button ordinarily 30 is sewed on. The discs and slide I1 may now be moved relatively to each other until the slide is disposed in the long slot I4 in position to dispose the hook I9 below the discs and at about the center thereof. The latch 26 is now moved 35 transversely in its short slot I6 until it abuts endwise the longitudinal wall of the long slot I4 in which position it forms a stop in the front of the slide I'I and prevents relative movement of the discs and slide so that the button is detach- 40 ably secured to the garment without sewing and cannot be accidentally brushed off.

By again referring to Figures 4 and 5 it will be seen that the bottom disc II is provided with a slot 22 which registers with the long slot I4 in 45 the intermediate disc and is of substantially less width than the slot I4. It is also of less length than the slot I4 so that the ends of the slot 22 limit movement of the hook I9 in either direction and at the same time the marginal portions of 50 the slot form stops which prevent the hook and slide being dislodged fromthe button.

Likewise the bottom plate II is provided with a short slot 23 which registers with the short slot I6 in the intermediate disc, at the center 55 thereof, and is of considerably less Width than the latter. This slot communicates at its inner end with the long slot 22. The outer end of the short narrow slot 23 forms a stop to limit outward movement of the grip 2| so that when the latter is moved to its outer limit of movement the latch 2U will be Withdrawn clear of the long slot I4 in the intermediate disc as best shown in Figure 6 to permit the slide being moved longitudinally of the long slot to either of its two positions. Also the marginal portions of the short narrow slot 23 form stops to prevent dislodgement of the slide from the button.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood Without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

l. A button comprising a top disc, a bottom disc, an intermediate disc, the edge portion of the top disc being crimped over the bottom disc t0 hold the discs assembled, the intermediate disc being provided with a long slot closed at both ends, the intermediate disc also being provided with a short slot extending at a right angle to the long slot and communicating with the long slot at the center thereof, a slide engaged in the long slot and limited in movement by the ends of the long slot, a hook depending from the slide for engaging a garment, a latch in the short slot movable transversely across the long slot for llatcloing the slide in position to hold the hook at substantially the center of and below the bottom disc, there being a slot in the bottom disc registering with the long slot in the intermediate disc, and having the longitudinal edges projecting beyond the longitudinal edges of the long slot to retain the slide in place, there being a short slot in the bottom disc registering with the short slot in the intermediate disc and having the longitudinal edges projecting beyond the edges of the short slot in the intermediate disc to retain the latch in place.

2. A button comprising a top disc, a bottom disc, an intermediate disc, the edge portion of the top disc being crimped over the bottom disc to hold the parts assembled, there being registering slots in the intermediate disc and in the bottom disc, a slide mounted in one of the slots in the intermediate disc and retained in place by the longitudinal edge portions of the slot in the bottorn disc, a hook depending from said slide and adapted to engage a garment, a latch slidably fitted in another of the slots in the intermediate disc and movable across the first named slot in the intermediate disc to retain the slide in position to dispose the hook below and at substantially the center of all of the discs, a grip on the latch for moving the latch, the edge portions of one of the slots in the bottom disc forming a means for retaining the latch in the respective slot in the intermediate disc.

RAFAEL v. VLEZ. 

